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TIL, at 23% California has the highest poverty rate in the US despite having an economy that ranks top 10 in the world.

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aR6N TIL that in 1968, a group of students at McGill University publicly violated the law to publish a text providing critical information about sexual health. The resulting book, called The Birth Control Handbook, sold millions of copies.
BVJb TIL the American Airlines flight between Philadelphia and Boston is called Flight 1776
R779j TIL the Director of Thor Ragnorak, Taika Waititi, also did a TED Talk on Creativity
pP5Q TIL that Henry Kissinger said, “Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy” and has not denied this quote to this day.
PNMn TIL - It is banned to use weather modification in warfare. The ban came after its use by the U.S. in the Vietnam War